NF EN ISO 10042
Welding - Arc-welded joints in aluminium and its alloys - Quality levels for imperfections
This document specifies quality levels for imperfections in arc-welded joints in aluminium and its alloys. It applies to material thicknesses above 0,5 mm.Three quality levels are given in order to permit application to a wide range of welded constructions. They are designated by symbols B, C and D. Quality level B corresponds to the highest requirement on the finished weld. The quality levels refer to production quality and not to the fitness for purpose (see 3.2) of the product manufactured.This document is applicable all types of weld (e.g. butt welds, fillet welds and branch connections), to, manual, mechanized and automatic welding, and to all welding positions.It is applicable to the following welding processes:- metal inert gas welding (MIG welding); gas metal arc welding /USA;- tungsten inert gas welding (TIG welding); gas tungsten arc welding /USA;- plasma arc welding.It is not applicable to metallurgical aspects (e.g. grain size, hardness).
This document specifies quality levels for imperfections in arc-welded joints in aluminium and its alloys. It applies to material thicknesses above 0,5 mm.
Three quality levels are given in order to permit application to a wide range of welded constructions. They are designated by symbols B, C and D. Quality level B corresponds to the highest requirement on the finished weld. The quality levels refer to production quality and not to the fitness for purpose (see 3.2) of the product manufactured.
This document is applicable all types of weld (e.g. butt welds, fillet welds and branch connections), to, manual, mechanized and automatic welding, and to all welding positions.
It is applicable to the following welding processes:
- metal inert gas welding (MIG welding); gas metal arc welding /USA;
- tungsten inert gas welding (TIG welding); gas tungsten arc welding /USA;
- plasma arc welding.
It is not applicable to metallurgical aspects (e.g. grain size, hardness).
ISO 10042:2005 specifies quality levels for imperfections in arc-welded joints in aluminium and its alloys. It applies to material thicknesses above 0,5 mm. It covers full-penetration butt welds and all fillet welds. The principles of the standard may also be applied to partial-penetration butt welds. Three quality levels are given in order to permit application to a wide range of welded constructions. The quality levels refer to production quality and not to the fitness for purpose of the product manufactured. The standard applies to: all types of weld, e.g. butt welds, fillet welds and branch connections;the following welding processes and their sub-processes as defined in ISO 4063:131....metal inert gas welding (MIG welding); gas metal arc welding /USA/,141....tungsten inert gas welding (TIG welding); gas tungsten arc welding /USA/,15......plasma arc welding;manual, mechanized and automatic welding;all welding positions. Metallurgical aspects, e.g. grain size, hardness, are not covered by the standard.
- Avant-propos
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1 Domaine d'application
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2 Références normatives
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3 Termes et définitions
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4 Symboles
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5 Évaluation des défauts
- Annexe A (informative) Exemples de détermination du pourcentage de soufflures
- Annexe B (informative) Informations complémentaires et lignes directrices pour les utilisateurs du présent document
- Bibliographie
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